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BCMS LEGISLATIVE
NEWS

BCMS HOSTS GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
MEETING AND LEGISLATIVE FORUM

Last Thursday, Oct. 12, BCMS held its Fall General Membership meeting at the UT Health San Antonio Holly Auditorium, which
included a Legislative Update CME presentation by TMA President, Carlos Cardenas, MD. Under the direction of Alex Kenton, MD,
chair of the BCMS Legislative and Socioeconomics Committee and Mary Nava, BCMS chief government affairs officer, new to this event
was the addition of a Legislative Forum, which included a panel discussion with some of our members in the Texas Legislature. All state
senators and representatives from Bexar County were invited to attend. Many thanks to our legislators and their staffs for taking time out
of their busy schedules to join us. Thanks also to UT Health San Antonio and Dr. Alex Kenton for hosting the event.

Participants in the panel, included: Legislative staff members in attendance, included:
Senate District 25 - Krista Heiden, legislative director, Bryant Villa, director of constituent services, office of Sen. Carlos Uresti
Cynthia Cabral, communications director, office of Sen. Menendez
representing the office of Senator Donna Campbell Marc Hoskins, chief of staff, office of Rep. Arevalo
Senate District 26 - Senator Jose Menendez Clarissa Rodriguez, chief of staff office of Rep. Cortez
House District 116 - Representative Diana Arevalo Biridiana Navarro, district director, office of Rep. Uresti
House District 117 - Representative Philip Cortez J.D. Pedraza, chief of staff, office of Rep. Gervin-Hawkins
House District 118 - Representative Tomas Uresti Naomi Miller, district director, office of House Speaker Joe Straus
House District 120 - Representative Barbara Gervin-Hawkins Lynlie Wallace, chief of staff, office of Rep. Lyle Larson
House District 124 - Representative Ina Minjarez

At left: On Oct. 12, TMA Presi-
dent, Carlos Cardenas, MD, at the
podium, along with members of
our state legislature, (seated l-r):
Krista Heiden, legislative director
in the office of Sen. Donna Camp-
bell (Dist 25) ; Senator Jose Menen-
dez (Dist 26); Rep. Diana Arevalo
(Dist 116) and Rep. Philip Cortez
(Dist 117), discuss legislative topics
updates from the 85th Legislative
Session during the BCMS Fall Gen-
eral Membership Meeting.

For local discussion on these and other legislative advocacy topics, consider joining the BCMS Legislative and
Socioeconomics Committee by contacting Mary Nava, BCMS chief government affairs officer, at mary.nava@bcms.org.

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